The latest articles on DEV Community by Soumya Mishra (@soumya_mishra_64c879d6666). https://dev.to/soumya_mishra_64c879d6666 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3695991%2F30e3e148-10d1-4a9d-8ed7-583be47dbad4.png https://dev.to/soumya_mishra_64c879d6666 en Soumya Mishra Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:38:39 +0000 https://dev.to/soumya_mishra_64c879d6666/what-i-read-about-solana-in-the-past-4-days-4kpn https://dev.to/soumya_mishra_64c879d6666/what-i-read-about-solana-in-the-past-4-days-4kpn <p>On Day 1, I started learning about Solana. It started in a very exciting phase, and now I am on Day 5, writing this post. I learnt how to initiate a wallet using JavaScript and the @solana/kit module, and check the balance. I requested some of the airdrops from Solana Devnet. After that, on Day 2, I learnt how I can persist my key through multiple script runs. On Day 3, I understood what the smallest unit of SOL is (i.e., lamport). And why division is not a good practice in banking or anything related to currency or money. On day 4, I learnt about different types of wallets setup my own extension-based wallet.</p> crypto javascript tutorial web3